uninstalling dual boot

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I'm asking this for someone without internet access, and I don't have
experience with dual boot installations myself.

She has Windows 2000 installed on drive C: and later on she installed
Windows XP on drive D:
Upon booting there is a countdown menu for booting Windows version (default
XP). This start up menu seems to be made after installing Windows XP.
Now she decided after all that she wants to remove Windows XP from D:

What's the best procedure for removing Windows XP, without the risk of
(boot) problems with the remaining Windows 2000?



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mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
 
Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery; here you can set the
"Default operating system:" Then you can remove the option from boot.ini
located in the root of the system partition(usually C:\). If you can post
the text we can help you with that.

Delete or format the "D:\" partition.

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:
| I'm asking this for someone without internet access, and I don't have
| experience with dual boot installations myself.
|
| She has Windows 2000 installed on drive C: and later on she installed
| Windows XP on drive D:
| Upon booting there is a countdown menu for booting Windows version
(default
| XP). This start up menu seems to be made after installing Windows XP.
| Now she decided after all that she wants to remove Windows XP from D:
|
| What's the best procedure for removing Windows XP, without the risk of
| (boot) problems with the remaining Windows 2000?
|
|
|
| --
| regards,
|
||\ /|
|| \/ |@rk
| \../
| \/os
|
| mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
|
|
 
Dave Patrick said:
Control Panel|System|Advanced|Startup and Recovery; here you can set the
"Default operating system:"
Click to expand...


In Windows XP, I assume?

Then you can remove the option from boot.ini
located in the root of the system partition(usually C:\). If you can post
the text we can help you with that.
Click to expand...


Might do that. Thanks so far.




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| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
 
"In Windows XP, I assume?"

Doesn't matter. Both OS's use the same boot.ini

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| In Windows XP, I assume?
|
|
| >Then you can remove the option from boot.ini
| > located in the root of the system partition(usually C:\). If you can
post
| > the text we can help you with that.
|
|
| Might do that. Thanks so far.
|
|
|
|
| --
| regards,
|
||\ /|
|| \/ |@rk
| \../
| \/os
|
| mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
|
|
 
OK Dave Patrick,

The first part of your advice seems to have worked.
Below is the contents of her boot.ini

----------------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
----------------------------------


Thanks &
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|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
 
You can remove the second line reference;
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS

So you'll end up with what's below. The timeout has no function when there
is only one startup option.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| OK Dave Patrick,
|
| The first part of your advice seems to have worked.
| Below is the contents of her boot.ini
|
| ----------------------------------
| [boot loader]
| timeout=30
| default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
| [operating systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
| Professional" /fastdetect
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
| Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
| ----------------------------------
|
|
| Thanks &
| --
| regards,
|
||\ /|
|| \/ |@rk
| \../
| \/os
|
| mccm dot vos at hccnet dot nl
 
Removing Windows XP seems to have succeeded and Windows 2000 boots OK now.
Only one thing: sound of DVD players doesn't seem to work anymore. But this
can be due to fitting other (additional)sound card. (different soundcard was
placed, while the old one was disabled in BIOS). Of course it could be that
they forgot to change the audio cables too... Some people really keep asking
for troubles... :-)



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many thanks,

|\ /|
| \/ |@rk
\../
\/os

(e-mail address removed)
http://home.hccnet.nl/mccm.vos/

ICQ 326628
 
You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Removing Windows XP seems to have succeeded and Windows 2000 boots OK now.
| Only one thing: sound of DVD players doesn't seem to work anymore. But
this
| can be due to fitting other (additional)sound card. (different soundcard
was
| placed, while the old one was disabled in BIOS). Of course it could be
that
| they forgot to change the audio cables too... Some people really keep
asking
| for troubles... :-)
|
|
|
| --
| many thanks,
|
||\ /|
|| \/ |@rk
| \../
| \/os
|
| (e-mail address removed)
| http://home.hccnet.nl/mccm.vos/
|
| ICQ 326628
 
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